Discovery Box| (0.30) | (2Ki 20:11) | 2 sn These steps probably functioned as a type of sundial. See HALOT 614 s.v. מַעֲלָה and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 256. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 20:3) | 1 tn Heb “walked before you.” For a helpful discussion of the background and meaning of this Hebrew idiom, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 254. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 19:29) | 1 tn At this point the word concerning the king of Assyria (vv. 21-28) ends and the Lord again directly addresses Hezekiah and the people (see v. 20). |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 18:34) | 2 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 18:9) | 2 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 17:31) | 2 sn Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of the Sepharvaim are unknown in extra-biblical literature. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 212. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 17:30) | 3 sn This deity is unknown in extra-biblical literature. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 211-12. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 17:28) | 1 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 17:29) | 1 sn The verb “make” refers to the production of idols. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 210-11. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 17:1) | 1 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 17:4) | 2 sn For discussion of this name, see HALOT 744 s.v. סוֹא and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 196. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 15:27) | 1 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 15:23) | 1 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 15:19) | 1 sn Pul was a nickname of Tiglath-Pileser III (cf. 15:29). See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 171-72. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 15:17) | 1 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 15:16) | 1 tn Instead of “Tiphsah,” the LXX has “Tirzah,” while Lucian’s Greek version reads “Tappuah.” For discussion see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 171. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 15:8) | 1 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 14:25) | 1 tn Or “entrance of Hamath” (so NASB and cf. KJV). This may be a site some 44 miles north of Damascus (see T. R. Hobbs, 2 Kings [WBC], 182). |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 14:23) | 1 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1. |
| (0.30) | (2Ki 14:14) | 2 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1. |
